Mamang Dai

Mamang Dai is an Indian journalist, author, poet, and former civil servant based in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.^[1]

Literary career

Mamang Dai's first collection of poetry, River Poems, introduced by Keki Daruwalla established her as a major voice in Indian English Literature^[2] and Literature from North East India.

She is also the author of Arunachal Pradesh: The Hidden Land ^[3]

Bibliography

• Arunachal Pradesh: The Hidden Land
• River Poems (Writes Workshop, Kolkata)
• Legends of Pensam (Penguin)

Awards

• 2003: Verrier Elwin Award from the State government of Arunachal Pradesh.
• 2011: Padma Shri from the Government of India.

See also

Poetry portal

• Indian English Literature
• Literature from North East India

External links

• Interview in Thanal Online
• Poetry and the Northeast: Foraging for a destiny
• Negotiating Change With Memory

References

1. ^ Muse India Profile
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Eastern Book Corporation

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